TW202005886A - Integrally-formed eco-friendly straw cup including a cup body having a bottom surface, a wall surface and a cup rimg surface - Google Patents

Abstract

An integrally-formed eco-friendly straw cup includes a cup body having a bottom surface, a wall surface extending upwardly around a periphery of the bottom surface, and a cup rim surface formed by top surfaces of an inner peripheral wall and an outer peripheral wall. The present invention is characterized in that the inner peripheral wall of the cup body is integrally formed with an axial curved body protruding inward, so that a hollow structure is formed between the axial curved body and the inner peripheral wall. A bottom suction pore is formed at a bottom end of the hollow structure adjacent to the bottom surface of the cup body, and an upper suction pore is formed at the top end of the hollow structure and the cup edge surface of the cup body. As such, the axially curved body and the cup body are formed into an eco-friendly straw cup with a built-in straw structure.

Description

One-piece environmentally friendly straw cup

The invention relates to an integrally formed environmentally friendly straw cup, in particular to a person with a straw structure built in the cup body.

Press, when I drink tea, juice, coffee, fresh milk, soy milk and other beverages, most of them will use a single-use (disposable) straw, so that consumers can use the straw to directly (or pierce the mouth of the cup) to drink Drinks in beverage cups, but check that most of the disposable (disposable) straws are made of non-decomposable plastic materials and packaged in large quantities, so these large numbers of plastic straws cause serious environmental pollution hurt.

Therefore, the Environmental Protection Agency has recently proposed a reduction schedule for plastic products. From next year, large-scale catering industries such as fast-food chains, etc., will be prohibited from providing plastic straws for domestic use. Stores, regulated plastics-restricting businesses are not allowed to provide disposable tableware for internal use. It is expected that all plastic bags for shopping, disposable tableware, plastic straws, and take-out beverage cups will be completely banned in 2030.

However, straws are convenient and irreplaceable for drinking beverages in beverage cups. Therefore, alternative straws of various plastic straws have been introduced, such as paper straws, corn straws, metal straws and glass straws. However, the alternative straws made of these non-plastic materials may meet environmental regulations, but they still have their own shortcomings. For example, paper straws and corn straws have insufficient strength, while metal straws and glass straws have strength. It is good, but it is very dangerous in use, and a little care may cause serious injury.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned conventional straws, whether they are plastic straws, paper straws, corn straws, metal straws, glass straws, etc., are mostly constructed as shown in FIG. 1 and use an independent straw separated from the beverage cup 60 61. Therefore, in actual use, there are still some inconveniences such as carrying or easy to drop. In addition, some straws 61 are also covered with a plastic tube and are separated from the beverage cup 60, which is very inconvenient to recycle after use.

Although in the prior art, there is a structure that combines a straw and a beverage cup to solve the inconvenience of carrying or easy to drop; such as: Taiwan announcement: No. M359986 "Beverage cup with a straw"; No. M560449 "Attached "Beverage cups with automatic straws"; Patent No. M481666 "Cups for connecting straws". However, the straw disclosed in the above-mentioned patent, although it can be combined with a beverage cup, has the advantages of not easy to drop and easy to carry; but its complicated structure and high cost are not suitable for a single-use beverage cup; therefore, there are still improvements space.

In view of the above-mentioned problems with conventional straws, the inventors have studied and improved the existing structure and deficiencies, and provided a beverage cup with straws to achieve better practical value.

The reason is that the main purpose of the present invention is to provide an integrally formed environmentally friendly sippy cup. The cup body is integrally formed with a sippy structure, which skillfully combines a single-use beverage cup and a sippy tube, which is convenient to carry and does not drop. Yu's efficacy has improved.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an integrally formed environmentally friendly straw cup, which has the effect of reducing the waste of the straw and improving the environmental protection and recycling convenience.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical means adopted by the present invention include: a cup with a bottom surface and a wall surface extending upward around the periphery of the bottom surface, the wall mask has an inner peripheral wall and an outer peripheral wall, and the inner peripheral wall and the outer peripheral wall The top surface of the cup forms a cup edge surface; it is characterized in that: the inner peripheral wall of the cup body is integrally formed with an axial arc-shaped body protruding inward, so that a hollow structure is formed between the axial arc-shaped body and the inner peripheral wall, And the bottom end of the hollow structure is close to the bottom surface of the cup body to form a bottom suction port, and the top of the hollow structure and the cup rim surface of the cup body form an upper suction port; thereby, the axial arc system and the The cup body forms an environmentally friendly straw cup with a built-in straw structure.

According to the aforementioned features, the cup body and the axial arc-shaped body form a hollow structure, which can be formed by integral injection or injection molding of plastic material, glass, crystal, and ceramic.

According to the aforementioned feature, a hollow structure formed by the cup body and the axial arc-shaped body can be formed by integrally folding and forming a paper material, the paper material includes: a first side and a second side There are two sides, and before the first side and the second side are combined with each other, the paper is provided with an axial arc-shaped body protruding inwardly so that the first side and the second side are mutually When combined into a cup, a hollow structure is formed between the axial arc-shaped body and the inner peripheral wall.

According to the front-revealing feature, the bottom suction opening may have a flat cut shape or a chamfered shape close to the bottom surface.

According to the predecessor feature, the axial arc-shaped system can exhibit a small arc shape, making the hollow structure into a long and narrow suction tube; or the axial arc-shaped system can exhibit a large arc shape, so that the hollow structure A semi-circular straw.

According to the front-revealing feature, the upper suction opening and the cup rim surface above the cup body may be flush.

According to the pre-release feature, a cup lid can be covered above the cup body; a sealing film can also be adhered.

With the help of the above-mentioned technical means, the cup body of the environmentally friendly straw cup of the present invention is integrally formed with a straw structure, ingeniously combining the once-used beverage cup and straw, which effectively solves the lack of inconvenience or easy drop of the conventional straw. Furthermore, the present invention has a straw structure built in one piece, which has the effect of reducing the waste of straw usage and improving the environmental protection and recycling convenience.

In order to have a more complete and clear disclosure of the technical features used and the effects achieved by the present invention, the following detailed description is first; first, please refer to FIG. 2 to FIG. 4B, the integrally formed environmentally friendly straw cup 30 of the present invention The first preferred feasible embodiment includes: a cup 10, having a bottom surface 11, a wall surface 12 extending upwardly around the periphery of the bottom surface 11, the wall mask has an inner peripheral wall 121 and an outer peripheral wall 122, and the inner peripheral wall 121 A cup edge surface 13 is formed with the top surface of the outer peripheral wall 122.

The main feature of the present invention is that the inner peripheral wall 121 of the cup body 10 is integrally formed with an inwardly protruding axial arc-shaped body 20, so that a hollow structure 14 is formed between the axial arc-shaped body 20 and the inner peripheral wall 121 In this embodiment, the cup body 10 and the axial arc-shaped body 20 can be formed by integral injection or injection molding of plastic materials, glass, crystal, and ceramics. And the bottom end of the hollow structure 14 is close to the bottom surface 11 of the cup body 10 to form a bottom suction port 21, and the top of the hollow structure 14 and the cup edge surface 13 of the cup body 10 form an upper suction port 22; The axial arc-shaped body 20 and the cup body 10 form an environmentally friendly straw cup 30 with a built-in straw structure. In this embodiment, the “axial direction” refers to the X-X direction of the inner peripheral wall 121, which will not be repeated below.

As shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, the bottom suction port 21 may have a flat cut shape close to the bottom surface 11, or may have a chamfered shape 21a close to the bottom surface 11 as shown by a dotted line.

As shown in FIG. 4A, in the present embodiment, the axial arc-shaped body 20 exhibits a small arc shape, so that the hollow structure 14 is formed into an elongated suction tube, but it is not limited thereto. As shown in FIG. 4B, the axial arc-shaped body 20a may have a larger arc surface, so that the hollow structure 14a has a larger suction space, and can absorb the beverage of pearl milk tea or fruit particles, which is the original The invention can shape the shape and size of the axial arc-shaped body 20/20a according to requirements.

Please refer to FIG. 5 to FIG. 9B, which disclose the second feasible embodiment of the present invention, and the first feasible embodiment are both in a cup body, and an environmentally friendly straw cup 30a with a built-in straw structure is integrally formed. Only in this embodiment: in this embodiment, a hollow structure 140 formed by the cup body 10a and the axial arc-shaped body 200 is formed by integrally folding and forming a paper 100. In this embodiment, the paper 100 includes: a first side 101 and a second side 102 on the opposite side, and the paper 100 is formed by combining the first side 101 and the second side 102 with each other Previously, an axial arc-shaped body 200 protruding inward was provided in advance, so that when the first side 101 and the second side 102 were combined into a cup 10a, the axial arc-shaped body 200 and the inner peripheral wall were made A hollow structure 140 is formed between 121 rooms. FIG. 6 shows the bonding process of the second feasible embodiment of the present invention. At this time, the first side 101 and the second side 102 are first combined with each other, which has a bottom surface 110 and a wall surface 120, but the cup edge surface 130 has not yet Fold to the outer periphery to shape. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the second feasible embodiment of the present invention after molding, at which time the cup rim surface 130 has been folded toward the outer periphery to form a flush shape. In this embodiment, the paper-made environmentally friendly straw cup 30a can be integrally formed by an automated paper cup forming machine, which is very convenient. However, the automatic paper cup forming machine is not the subject matter of the patent of the present invention, and it will not be repeated here.

Therefore, the two integrally formed embodiments of the environmentally-friendly straw cup 30 or 30a are both industrially applicable and can achieve the intended use effect of the present invention.

10 is a reference diagram (1) of the use state of the present invention, which shows that in the above two embodiments, whether it is above the cup body 10a (or 10), it can cover a cup cover 40; due to the axial arc of the present invention The shape body 200 (or 20) and the hollow structure 140 (or 14) formed therebetween, the upper suction port 220 (or 22) formed therebetween is connected to the rim surface 130 (or 13) above the cup body 10a (or 10) ) The flush shape; therefore, it does not hinder the closure of the cup cover 40 at all.

Similarly, FIG. 11 is a reference diagram (2) of the use state of the present invention, which shows that a film 50 can be adhered to the cup 10a (or 10), that is, the upper suction port 220 (or 22) and the cup 10a (or 10) The upper cup edge surface 130 is flush. Therefore, the cup body 10a (or 10) can also be put into a film sealing machine (not shown) like the plastic cup used in the past, and the sealing film 50 is adhered.

12 is a reference diagram (3) of the use state of the present invention, which shows that when the lid 40 is opened or the film 50 is torn off, the user can suck the beverage C inside the cup body 10a (or 10) and the bubble milk tea Or the content P of fruit granules is very convenient to use.

With the help of the above-mentioned technical means, the cup body 30 (30a) of the environmentally friendly straw cup of the present invention is integrally formed with a straw structure, ingeniously combining the once-used drink cup and straw, which effectively solves the inconvenience of the traditional straw to carry or easy to fall Missing. Furthermore, the present invention has a straw structure built in one piece, which reduces the waste of straw usage, and can improve the environmental protection and the convenience of recycling.

In summary, the technical means disclosed by the present invention do have invention patent requirements such as "novelty", "progressiveness", and "availability for industrial use". Virtue.

However, the diagrams and descriptions disclosed above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention. Those who are familiar with this art and who make modifications or equivalent changes in accordance with the spirit of this case should still be included in the scope of the patent application in this case.

10, 10a‧‧‧Cup body 100‧‧‧Paper material 101‧‧‧First side 102‧‧‧‧Second side 11, 110‧‧‧Bottom surface 12, 120‧‧‧ Wall surface 121‧‧‧ Inner peripheral wall 122‧‧‧ Peripheral wall 13, 130‧‧‧ Cup edge surface 14, 14a, 140, 140a‧‧‧ Hollow structure 20, 20a, 200, 200a‧‧‧Axial arc-shaped body 21, 21a, 210, 210a‧ ‧‧Bottom suction port 22, 220‧‧‧ Upper suction port 30, 30a‧‧‧Environmentally friendly straw cup 40‧‧‧Cover lid 50‧‧‧Sealing film

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the use of a beverage cup and straw. Figure 2 is a perspective view of a first feasible embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3-3 in Fig. 2. 4A is a cross-sectional view of 4A-4A in FIG. 3. 4B is a cross-sectional view of another type of straw of the first feasible embodiment. Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a second feasible embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the combining process of the second feasible embodiment of the present invention. 7 is a perspective view of a second feasible embodiment of the present invention after molding. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a second feasible embodiment of the present invention. 9A is a cross-sectional view of 9A-9A in FIG. 8. 9B is a cross-sectional view of another type of straw of the second feasible embodiment. Fig. 10 is a reference diagram (1) of the use state of the present invention, which shows covering a cup cover. FIG. 11 is a reference diagram (2) of the use state of the present invention, which shows covering a film. 12 is a reference diagram (3) of the use state of the present invention, which shows the absorption of contents.

10a‧‧‧Cup

100‧‧‧paper

110‧‧‧Bottom

120‧‧‧ Wall

121‧‧‧Inner peripheral wall

122‧‧‧Peripheral wall

130‧‧‧ Cup edge

140‧‧‧ Hollow structure

200‧‧‧Axial arc body

210‧‧‧Bottom suction

220‧‧‧Upper suction

30a‧‧‧Environmental protection straw cup

Claims (10)

An integrally formed environmentally friendly straw cup includes: a cup body with a bottom surface, a wall surface extending upward around the periphery of the bottom surface, the wall mask has an inner peripheral wall and an outer peripheral wall, and the inner peripheral wall and the top surface of the outer peripheral wall Forming a cup edge surface; characterized in that: the inner peripheral wall of the cup body is integrally formed with an inwardly protruding axial arc-shaped body, so that a hollow structure is formed between the axial arc-shaped body and the inner peripheral wall, and the hollow The bottom end of the structure is close to the bottom surface of the cup body to form a bottom suction port, and the top of the hollow structure and the cup rim surface of the cup body form an upper suction port; thereby, the axial arc system is formed with the cup body An environmentally friendly straw cup with a built-in straw structure. An environmentally friendly straw cup as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the cup body and the axial arc-shaped body are formed by integral molding of plastic materials, glass, crystal, and ceramics. The easy-to-clean environmentally friendly straw cup as described in item 1 of the patent scope, wherein the cup body and the axial arc-shaped body are formed by integrally folding and forming a paper material, the paper material includes: a first A second side of the side and the opposite side, and before the first side and the second side are combined with each other, the paper is provided with an inwardly protruding axial arc-shaped body so that the first When the side and the second side are combined into a cup body, a hollow structure is formed between the axial arc-shaped body and the inner peripheral wall. The one-piece environmentally-friendly straw cup as described in item 2 or 3 of the patent application scope, wherein the bottom suction port has a flat cut shape close to the bottom surface. The one-piece environmentally-friendly straw cup as described in item 2 or 3 of the patent application scope, wherein the bottom suction port is in a beveled shape close to the bottom surface. An environmentally friendly straw cup as described in item 2 or 3 of the patent application scope, wherein the axial arc-shaped body exhibits a small arc shape, so that the hollow structure forms an elongated suction tube. An environmentally-friendly straw cup as described in item 2 or 3 of the patent application scope, wherein the axial arc-shaped body exhibits a large arc shape, so that the hollow structure forms a semi-circular suction tube. An integrally shaped environmentally friendly straw cup as described in item 2 or 3 of the patent application scope, wherein the upper suction port is flush with the cup rim surface above the cup body. The one-piece environmentally-friendly straw cup as described in item 8 of the patent application scope, wherein a cup lid can be covered above the cup body. As described in item 8 of the patent application scope, a one-piece molded environmentally friendly straw cup, wherein a sealing film can be adhered on the cup body.

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